Javier G. Cuesta

A number of leaks expose the risks taken by the companies, like the 2,000 flights that took off with outdated parts

Moscow acknowledges having withdrawn its troops on one flank in Bakhmut while rumors abound on social media of Kyiv’s forces advancing and even preparing to cross the border

Russia has canceled the annual reception for World War II veterans and the citizens’ march amid heightened tension in the Kremlin after an alleged drone attack

The alleged drone attack on the Kremlin, the destruction of several fuel depots and the derailment of two trains in recent days has placed Moscow on high alert ahead of May 9

General Alexey Kuzmenkov has been installed in place of Mikhail Mizintsev, the ‘Butcher of Mariupol,’ to tackle Moscow’s growing problems in keeping front line troops supplied

In 2010, Moscow acknowledged responsibility for the Katyn massacre and issued a formal apology, but a recent document now blames Nazi Germany for the war crime

The lower house of parliament has approved a law hardening the conditions for conscription, even as the government denies it is planning another mass call-up

Known as the conscience of St. Petersburg, the painter has been arrested multiple times for protesting against the Kremlin’s invasion. ‘This will end badly,’ she tells EL PAÍS from her modest apartment

Moscow is exploring all possible ways to survive European and American reprisals for the invasion of Ukraine

Sunday’s attack in a busy café has raised concerns, particularly among the elite, that no one is safe from the war in Ukraine anymore

Only 300 of the 150,000 forcibly expatriated minors have been reunited with their families during Moscow’s ‘de-Ukrainization’ campaign

The International Criminal Court named the 38-year-old politician alongside Vladimir Putin on a warrant for the ‘unlawful deportation’ of Ukrainian minors

The leaders of China and Russia continue to strengthen ties as they ‘drive changes’ together. EL PAÍS offers a detailed analysis of the joint statement published after their meeting in Moscow last week

According to Norwegian intelligence services, Moscow has fitted its Northern Fleet with tactical nuclear weapons, increasing the risk of an escalation due to misunderstandings between Moscow and NATO

Ukrainian and Western intelligence services expect a new Russian assault in February but have ruled out another attempt to take Kyiv by attacking from Belarus

Vladimir Putin’s party is rehabilitating the image of the former Soviet dictator and comparing the war in Ukraine with the bloody battle of World War II

Readers seek parallels and answers to the current situation in dystopian stories, self-help guides and classic works about armed conflict and authoritarianism by authors like Tolstoy and Thomas Mann

The Russian prime minister has ordered the construction of a large network of prisons to control the population in the illegally annexed territories

Poseidon is one of the next generation arms announced by Moscow five years ago with the capacity to devastate coastal cities and attack naval battle groups undetected

War slogans in Moscow aim to drum up support for the invasion of Ukraine as authorities prepare new measures to punish ‘traitors’ who fled the country to avoid the draft

General Valery Gerasimov replaces Sergei Surovikin – who previously led the Russian intervention in the Syrian war – while paramilitary forces from the Kremlin’s Wagner Group continue battering Ukrainian cities

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the businessman at the head of the Wagner group, takes advantage of his political and media projection to break a taboo: public criticism and threats against other members of Russia’s elite

The Russian leader issued the instruction after a petition from Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, but Kyiv has dismissed it as ‘a cynical trap and an element of propaganda’

Multimillionaires who have voiced opposition to the invasion face smear campaigns by pro-Putin media and the expropriation of their assets

Three members of the Council of Mothers and Wives were arrested last week as Vladimir Putin’s government attempts to stem a tide of public opposition to the war

An adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hinted that simultaneous detonations at the Ryazan and Saratov airbases could have been a special operation launched by Kyiv